Well....at least you admit it. Thanks for that. I was definitely for welfare reform. I knew one hispanic witch (a friend's ex-wife) who had never gotten off her flabby rear end to work and had been on welfare for decades. Thanks to the GOP she finally had to get out and work like the rest of us. But that was back when the economy was normal and there actually WERE jobs, before the Obamanation curse befell us.
Like I said, I've worked since I was 16 and even throughout most of the hard times in Texas I was always able to find work. What you refuse to understand or acknowledge is....this is different. This is the worst I've ever seen. I have tons of experience, skills and knowledge but I can't even get called for an interview 99% of the time. The last interview I went on asked how much I made previously. The lady that was showing me the ropes of the job said to be sure not to fudge on the application. So I put down what I had made previously. The job I was applying for paid $10 less an hour, or just slightly more than what unemployment benefits paid. If I had lied and said I made the same as the job was paying, I still wouldn't have gotten the job, since that company always does a thorough check of the info you've given them. The company didn't want to hire someone that would be making only about half what they normally made and for good reason. They figured I'd leave if or when I found something paying more. And there's the rub you people that keep saying take a lessor paying job aren't capable of 'getting'. And as far as your "Red Lobster is ALWAYS hiring" bs....yeah, they probably are. But when is the last time you went to Red Lobster and encountered a server that was over 50?
Point being...you're deliberately out of touch with the harsh reality of the current job market. I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction. You're 57 and currently working for a liberal company. I predict that within the next year you will be "let go". I also predict that you'll find yourself in the same damn situation that many of us are in and have been in. I predict that you will be unable to find other employment and will be forced to rely on (gasp!) unemployment benefits. When that happens...I trust that you'll remember this cyber-conversation and the words you have spoken. I think it'll come back to haunt you.
Have a nice life.